Hi All,
Someone out there is bound to be able to answer this!
I am researching an article featuring the Bristol Bombay, can anyone tell me; did the Bombay have dual control? I know the type carried a first and second pilot, however the only picture I have, which purports to show a Bombay cockpit indicates a single pilot position!
WF
By: bazv - 30th June 2008 at 05:50
Purely from memory…I was under the impression that pre ww2 the RAF did not have many Observers(navigators) and on long range (or long duration) a/c the other pilot would act as navigator.
Even early in ww2 this practice was still in use by bomber and coastal command until expansion of nav training and of course some heavy a/c still only had one set of controls.
cheers baz
By: Arabella-Cox - 29th June 2008 at 22:47
OK…seriously…I do somewhere have a cockpit shot (or have seen one?) so let me reflect on that overnight. Prod me….!
By: Wessex Fan - 29th June 2008 at 22:45
Is duel control where pilot and co-pilot fight each other for control of the aeroplane and dual control where they take turns nicely? 😀
Sorry Tangmere, a slip of the finger, however thinking about it, you may be right!
WF
By: Arabella-Cox - 29th June 2008 at 22:41
Hi All,
Someone out there is bound to be able to answer this!
I am researching an article featuring the Bristol Bombay, can anyone tell me; did the Bombay have duel control? I know the type carried a first and second pilot, however the only picture I have, which purports to show a Bombay cockpit indicates a single pilot position!
WF
Is duel control where pilot and co-pilot fight each other for control of the aeroplane and dual control where they take turns nicely? 😀
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